RE: A really hard question on Satan and deception.
November 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2011 at 3:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That last bit makes me dizzy. So god creates a couple of nasty things, which he refuses to get rid of because they would invaliudate free will (an essential and yet completely meaningless concept from what I can tell), but then he goes ahead and gets rid of them later in the narrative anyway. One side or other of this claim has to give. Either god will invalidate the consequences of our free will, or he wont. Either he can, can't or wont; or he could, does or has.
On another note, has anyone noticed that free will is the hot topic for our fundies and other believers? They need more variety out of their faith based publishing houses and entertainment centers. Even believers who don't technically believe in what the rest of us are referring to by "free will" will argue that it exists, so that we can be culpable for some fuck up better laid on their god.
On another note, has anyone noticed that free will is the hot topic for our fundies and other believers? They need more variety out of their faith based publishing houses and entertainment centers. Even believers who don't technically believe in what the rest of us are referring to by "free will" will argue that it exists, so that we can be culpable for some fuck up better laid on their god.
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